Tell Mr Brett thank you for the history of those Wagners. Definitely has something to be proud of, that demonstrater is pretty sharp looking as well!!!
A really interesting post, you can see how the Big Bud shape evolved from this machine. Love how the family have gone back and bought up the old machines for restoration. Thank you Tracy 👍🏻👍🏻😉😉
I can see why they call it the BIG SKY COUNTRY thank you Tracy for showing us such beautiful country side and it was nice to see Jim smiling I know its in him
That was awesome Brett! 1968 was a great year! My son was born that year! Thank you for showing us this wonderful Deere Wagoner lol The videos are just awesome to me and you don’t know how much it means to me to see each of them. This family is very special to me. They are such a blessing and truly wonderful Christian people doing what God gave them the talent to do the best way or no way! 🚜🌾 💚💛
Id say he the biggest smile on his face not everyday does a man get the chance to do what he just did you guys are lucky to be a part of this family I cant tell you how much I enjoy all the special moments that you catch with the kids and the family these are truly great videos that you are making Tracy thanks for the ride
Great video. I love old iron. It was nice to hear the owner talk about the tractors. I would be proud to own them as well. Thanks for all your hard work.
Growing up on the front range of Colorado, they dont know how lucky they are to live up that way away from the chaos. Hope it never affects their families! Thanks again for taking the time to document everything! Such a awesome place!
another great video, that is an amazing collection of tractors, i stand in awe of the ingenuity of the generation that came up with the innovations with the early 4 wheel drive tractors, see ya tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tell Brett thank you for the chat. I know he probably didn’t want to but that was very interesting. We don’t see those old big tractors back here in Central PA so they really catch my eye. I appreciated this video Tracy!!
They have to be proud to own the Wagner, a real tractor. You and Jim are so lucky to be living the adventure together. I am sure Jim loves it just as you do, tho he might not say so out loud. You two seem to be such a great team living and enjoying your adventures in life. Thanks for sharing.
Nice video Tracy! Good history lesson on the Wagner/John Deere. Never knew the story until now. Jim sure looks relaxed these days, good luck to you two.
They don't call it big sky country for nothing, beautiful. What a wonderful place to live. Cool tractor, nice to see heritage appreciated, not everyone can afford to restore those things. Great video, thank you. Best regards from Indiana.
There was another company in Great Falls MT that would refurbish old Wagners and they looked a lot like the John Deere. They also designed a drop box that was said to be better but I don’t remember ever seeing one. Way cool that you are interested in keeping them looking good.
Thanks for sharing the story. I never knew about the John Deere/Wagner venture. I have been a fan of John Deere for years, will have to talk to dad and see if he knows about this. Thanks again.
Well that was certainly worth waiting for, what an interesting story on a very special piece of equipment. Good job Jim, coming up with all the detail!
Nice video! We had a 1967 17 When I was a little dude I would ride with my dad all night long. I laid on the floor and use a sack of wrenches for a pillow and tried to sleep. Got older ran it myself, loved that swamp cooler going off a hill it would run down your back that’s when it worked the best. Good old tractor. Changed farming with crawlers for our family. My uncle always said “that Wagner made the farm”
I love those BIG tractors. Those Wagners are awesome, and of course the BIG BUDS ! IN my younger years I had the pleasure of running a STEIGER PANTHER, a whole lot more than I wanted too.Ha😂. Thanks for Sharing.
Very nice bit of history, thank you for sharing it. It sounds as good as it looks but I just can't imagine what spending 12-14 hours a day in it would be like although back in it's day, it was top of the line. I was born in 69 and it is nice to see what was on the market back then in such great shape.
Very good Tracy you told the story of the Wagner‘s Tractors there’s nobody else that would’ve had somebody tell them how Wangers became in beautiful sunsets pictures again
Oh my 😍 … that Wagner is beautiful ( I personally don’t care for the oversized exhaust I prefer more stock look ) but man oh man simply beautiful good job keeping it alive…and Thanks for the research and info and smiles Jim… Great Video
Here in the Waterloo Ia area there were alot of small farms. John Deere always wanted to have good row crop tractors to fill that need. They never saw a need to get into high horsepower till the 90s. As you know the 8850 had problems. Thanks for sharing. John T. Spent alot of time in an 8640, great tractor.
All of the pre 60 series had the potential problem due to the engine block being a frame component. If you ever drove over terrain where the front axle hit the stop it put twisting force on the engine. They had a lot of problems with blown head gaskets. Kinze had his repower engines for those tractors mounted in a sub frame. The 8850s V8 engine was very reliable in stationary applications.
Very nice video ! Thanks for the history lesson of the Wagner ! I think when I worked for Katzenbergs they had 2 -5010s and a 7020... GREAT TIMES THE 60S! Back then UFOs were shutting down missile sites in Belt, Mt... I think that was 1967?
Interesting video! Love the old tractor! I live in the countryside and once a year there is a parade of old tractors. Those are very small tractors, but really nice to see! Greetings, Marco
Nice to see a part of mechanized farming restored and preserved for future folks to admire. Tracy, I wonder if the NH CR combine you used to have will be immortalized by some farmer someday as a piece of past custom combiners history? Your videos could be used to explain how it was done in the day.
Tracy...you teased the demonstrator IH. Please show that one too! And the story. It looks like a beautiful tractor also. Thank you Bret for sharing the story about the wagners. Machinery pete would maybe have a reason to go for a drive.
Cool old Wagner pretending to be JD. The factory was in Portland, OR so my guess is they were built initially for the logging industry. Two quick things: 1) Almost every farm or ranch yard has an old straight truck with a rack of some sort on it. It seldom gets used but is kept running. It's kept because more often than not "grandpa bought it new in '62" or some such. 2) I have rarely met a farmer or rancher who isn't a Christian. They live by their faith, in more ways than one. I love the Cross in the farmyard.
Lucky Jim getting too go for a drive he looked happy talking about the old tractor, I enjoyed this even though I was aware of Wagner tractors and jd. That international looked smart any chance of doing a story on that. Gavin.
Bud Nelson came to Ag Quip feild days at Gunnedah Australia in 1977 with the first Big Bud in Australia....I was a young farmer and remember talking to him....
Tractor Data says 23 green WA - 14s and 28 green WA-17s were sold. I have a limited edition precision 16th scale JD model WA- 17. Cost me over 300 bucks. My opinion they should have bought and improved this design instead of going with the 7520 thru 8850 design with the engine block part of the frame. JD finally figured that out for the 60 series 20 years later.
The guy who developed the Big Buds and his chief mechanic was a Wagner dealer who found himself with no tractor to sell after the John Deere deal so they built their own to sell.
The granddaughter of the original owner of this farm came from NC back home here on the farm she was born on to get married. Thanks to Dennis and Brett it was an awesome wedding! We are so very blessed to have them as the owners now!!
If it was said I missed it watching the video twice. I was too much in aww with the Wagner. What was the original horse power. Was wondering if the JD 7520’s 175 horsepower compared.
Yeah, we need a longer look at that one. 1970 is when they started doing those so maybe a 1456 or later. I cant tell anymore the big old tractors seem so little now. The Wagner was big for only 225/280 hp.
Wasn't that tractor born in Weastern Australia by father and son when they were building a 4wd in there farm shed and couldn't get had to work and John Deere in WA sorted it and that's how it came about
"All iron-no plastic in this one"
such a beautiful quote!
What a treat to see those two classics!
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I guess when the fields go on forever you have to have big tractors and 8 wheels. Always a thumbs up.
Tell Mr Brett thank you for the history of those Wagners. Definitely has something to be proud of, that demonstrater is pretty sharp looking as well!!!
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I’ll let him know. Thank you!
A really interesting post, you can see how the Big Bud shape evolved from this machine. Love how the family have gone back and bought up the old machines for restoration. Thank you Tracy 👍🏻👍🏻😉😉
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I am so glad you and Jim decided to go harvesting this year and a great family found you to come help them. This is so awesome to see.
They are truly awesome!
I can see why they call it the BIG SKY COUNTRY thank you Tracy for showing us such beautiful country side and it was nice to see Jim smiling I know its in him
Very neat to see Jim talking machines with Brett and his Dad 👍👍
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That was awesome Brett! 1968 was a great year! My son was born that year! Thank you for showing us this wonderful Deere Wagoner lol
The videos are just awesome to me and you don’t know how much it means to me to see each of them. This family is very special to me. They are such a blessing and truly wonderful Christian people doing what God gave them the talent to do the best way or no way! 🚜🌾 💚💛
Brett my dad had a 7020 and 2 5010’s back in the day and he always said they were “Deere John” tractors because he was always having to work on them.
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Id say he the biggest smile on his face not everyday does a man get the chance to do what he just did you guys are lucky to be a part of this family I cant tell you how much I enjoy all the special moments that you catch with the kids and the family these are truly great videos that you are making Tracy thanks for the ride
This adventure was a true blessing!
That is very cool. Thanks for the great history lesson. Always great to hear the story by people who love their equipment.
Those are pretty cool tractors. I bet there's a story behind that Demonstrator IH setting there too.
Ya I was hoping to see a little more of it too.
Interesting, educational, and amazingly good photography. Thanks to Jim for doing the research on this one.
Need to see Welker Farms they have three operational Big Buds, great videos you have done justice to my back yard
How cool is this , the history behind the old Wagner tractors . Thank you for sharing this Tracey
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Great video. I love old iron. It was nice to hear the owner talk about the tractors. I would be proud to own them as well. Thanks for all your hard work.
Thank you!
Growing up on the front range of Colorado, they dont know how lucky they are to live up that way away from the chaos. Hope it never affects their families! Thanks again for taking the time to document everything! Such a awesome place!
I certainly understand about chaos - Near Omaha. I LOVE it here.
another great video, that is an amazing collection of tractors, i stand in awe of the ingenuity of the generation that came up with the innovations with the early 4 wheel drive tractors, see ya tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Very impressive tractors great history
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Tell Brett thank you for the chat. I know he probably didn’t want to but that was very interesting. We don’t see those old big tractors back here in Central PA so they really catch my eye. I appreciated this video Tracy!!
I’m certain he will see your note. Thank you!
Beautiful farmland and beautiful tractors. Those 2 tractors are something to be proud of. Thanks for sharing them with us.
I’m certain the family will see your appreciation!
Great story, cool tractors! Thomas, Mississippi!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
What a great history lesson. You will probably be glad to get back to Wheat Harvesting.. lookin forward to the next edition of Wheat Harvest 2023. CYA
Amazing tractor 's , what a story , congratulations , outstanding ! Memories forever! Very proud of you maintaining this equipment!!
Could you ask how many hours are on the Wagner tractors
They have to be proud to own the Wagner, a real tractor. You and Jim are so lucky to be living the adventure together. I am sure Jim loves it just as you do, tho he might not say so out loud. You two seem to be such a great team living and enjoying your adventures in life. Thanks for sharing.
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Nice video Tracy! Good history lesson on the Wagner/John Deere. Never knew the story until now.
Jim sure looks relaxed these days, good luck to you two.
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They don't call it big sky country for nothing, beautiful. What a wonderful place to live. Cool tractor, nice to see heritage appreciated, not everyone can afford to restore those things. Great video, thank you.
Best regards from Indiana.
There was another company in Great Falls MT that would refurbish old Wagners and they looked a lot like the John Deere. They also designed a drop box that was said to be better but I don’t remember ever seeing one. Way cool that you are interested in keeping them looking good.
SUPER JOB GUYS WHAT A STORY WE THANK YOU GOD BLESS THE U S A
Loved seeing those Wagner's, thank you for showing them.
What an AMAZING history. Thank you for sharing.
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Thanks for sharing the story. I never knew about the John Deere/Wagner venture. I have been a fan of John Deere for years, will have to talk to dad and see if he knows about this. Thanks again.
Well that was certainly worth waiting for, what an interesting story on a very special piece of equipment. Good job Jim, coming up with all the detail!
Love your work Tracy, beautiful scenery.
Such awesome country! Peaceful, beautiful I hope I can visit someday when I officially retire.
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Thanks for the history lesson. I love that kind of stuff.
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Nice video!
We had a 1967 17 When I was a little dude I would ride with my dad all night long. I laid on the floor and use a sack of wrenches for a pillow and tried to sleep.
Got older ran it myself, loved that swamp cooler going off a hill it would run down your back that’s when it worked the best.
Good old tractor. Changed farming with crawlers for our family. My uncle always said “that Wagner made the farm”
Bret and his dad also have a 17. Maybe you caught a glimpse of it at the beginning when the Wagner was being started.
I love those BIG tractors. Those Wagners are awesome, and of course the BIG BUDS ! IN my younger years I had the pleasure of running a STEIGER PANTHER, a whole lot more than I wanted too.Ha😂. Thanks for Sharing.
What a great piece of history Brett and the family have there Tracy, nice to see Jim involved 👍
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Very nice bit of history, thank you for sharing it. It sounds as good as it looks but I just can't imagine what spending 12-14 hours a day in it would be like although back in it's day, it was top of the line. I was born in 69 and it is nice to see what was on the market back then in such great shape.
It would be different than the tractors today, for sure!
Very good Tracy you told the story of the Wagner‘s Tractors there’s nobody else that would’ve had somebody tell them how Wangers became in beautiful sunsets pictures again
Oh my 😍 … that Wagner is beautiful ( I personally don’t care for the oversized exhaust I prefer more stock look ) but man oh man simply beautiful good job keeping it alive…and Thanks for the research and info and smiles Jim… Great Video
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Another great video Tracy. Good to see you and Jim still out there harvesting. Keep posting!
Hey, Bennie! Good to hear from you! We sold our combine. Came to Montana to help with the harvest.
I love watching you videos. Brings back memories being on harvest. The Wagner is cool. But what about the red and gold IH?
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Thanks for the little tractor history lesson. I am a John Deere guy. I am looking at a 730D standard to bring home and put to work on grain auger.
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Those hills are to die for...🤠❤👍
Amen……..
Such beautiful scenery
Here in the Waterloo Ia area there were alot of small farms. John Deere always wanted to have good row crop tractors to fill that need. They never saw a need to get into high horsepower till the 90s. As you know the 8850 had problems. Thanks for sharing. John T. Spent alot of time in an 8640, great tractor.
All of the pre 60 series had the potential problem due to the engine block being a frame component. If you ever drove over terrain where the front axle hit the stop it put twisting force on the engine. They had a lot of problems with blown head gaskets. Kinze had his repower engines for those tractors mounted in a sub frame. The 8850s V8 engine was very reliable in stationary applications.
Thanks for your note!
Very nice video ! Thanks for the history lesson of the Wagner ! I think when I worked for Katzenbergs they had 2 -5010s and a 7020... GREAT TIMES THE 60S! Back then UFOs were shutting down missile sites in Belt, Mt... I think that was 1967?
WHOA!! UFO’s????
That international tractor is a rare one too.
Interesting video! Love the old tractor! I live in the countryside and once a year there is a parade of old tractors. Those are very small tractors, but really nice to see! Greetings, Marco
Thanks, Marco!
Thanks for the video and tour of the tractor it was really neat keep them coming take care
Thanks!
Nice to see a part of mechanized farming restored and preserved for future folks to admire. Tracy, I wonder if the NH CR combine you used to have will be immortalized by some farmer someday as a piece of past custom combiners history? Your videos could be used to explain how it was done in the day.
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Very interesting the Welker Farm is in Shelby to the North of you there and they have 3 Big Buds!
👍👍 now I’m getting jealous beautiful wheat and beautiful tractor you’re having to much fun 😀 thanks so much for the awesome video loved it
Thanks, Jhan! Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you Tracy.
Thank you great video.
Very well done yes you can't beat Montana that's for sure thank you Tracy. Sam
Nope, you’re right Sam!
Great story. Greetings from Ireland.
Greetings, Ireland! Thanks for leaving a note!
Thank you.... great stuff
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Tracy...you teased the demonstrator IH. Please show that one too! And the story. It looks like a beautiful tractor also. Thank you Bret for sharing the story about the wagners. Machinery pete would maybe have a reason to go for a drive.
😉 Bret did a great job telling the story!
Sweet rides.
Very interesting history.
Cool old Wagner pretending to be JD. The factory was in Portland, OR so my guess is they were built initially for the logging industry. Two quick things: 1) Almost every farm or ranch yard has an old straight truck with a rack of some sort on it. It seldom gets used but is kept running. It's kept because more often than not "grandpa bought it new in '62" or some such. 2) I have rarely met a farmer or rancher who isn't a Christian. They live by their faith, in more ways than one. I love the Cross in the farmyard.
Wagner built log skidders, but these were intended to be farm tractors.
Lucky Jim getting too go for a drive he looked happy talking about the old tractor, I enjoyed this even though I was aware of Wagner tractors and jd. That international looked smart any chance of doing a story on that. Gavin.
Maybe…
Great video, super nice story on the Wagners
Thanks!
Nice one Tracy
Yourself and Jim are truly Blessed by God Almighty
This video was one of the best
That tractor is a beast, definitely not for cissies.
We ARE truly blessed! ❤️❤️
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You can See exactly this Wagner in a danish documentary," Store Traktorer del 1" from 2001.
That's a great video and I too love the simplicity of the older tractors. Much prefer my '68 4020 JD compared to my '07 JD. Keep 'em coming!
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Bud Nelson came to Ag Quip feild days at Gunnedah Australia in 1977 with the first Big Bud in Australia....I was a young farmer and remember talking to him....
Very cool!!!!!
Tractor Data says 23 green WA - 14s and 28 green WA-17s were sold. I have a limited edition precision 16th scale JD model WA- 17. Cost me over 300 bucks. My opinion they should have bought and improved this design instead of going with the 7520 thru 8850 design with the engine block part of the frame. JD finally figured that out for the 60 series 20 years later.
That 1 awesome tractor
Better be careful Tracy that green is going to rub off on Jim 🚜
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Pretty awsome Tracy!!!
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There was a WA 17 sort of a big brother to the WA 14.
Its really nice to hear Jim talking candidly for once, he's normally a bit camera shy lol
And he really wanted to help tell the story. The video he did when he walked around the New Holland combine was really good too.
@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking I actually thought he was considering buying another until I twigged what was going on
Happy weekend.
Thank You!
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Impressive tractors
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I grew up with Rick Nelson, son of Bud Nelson. Watched all the new models come out production
Very cool!
What about a closeup of the International Tractor?
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Wow. You have to love the old Big iron. What model was the International demonstrator that was shown at the tail end of video.
I just want to know one thing are you guys moving to Montana 😊 looks like your becoming family ❤😊
I’ve always loved Montana! This is now going to be yet another great Montana experience!
The Wagner reminds me of a Big Bud.
The guy who developed the Big Buds and his chief mechanic was a Wagner dealer who found himself with no tractor to sell after the John Deere deal so they built their own to sell.
@@lynwessel2471 , interesting. Thanks for the info.
Who’s getting married Tracy ?
I don’t know the people who got married.
The granddaughter of the original owner of this farm came from NC back home here on the farm she was born on to get married. Thanks to Dennis and Brett it was an awesome wedding! We are so very blessed to have them as the owners now!!
If it was said I missed it watching the video twice. I was too much in aww with the Wagner. What was the original horse power. Was wondering if the JD 7520’s 175 horsepower compared.
The JD WA- 14 came from the factory at 225 engine hp., the 7520 was about 220 eng. (× .8 = 176 pto) The JD WA -17 was 280 engine hp
Did i see a very quick picture of a "gold hood" International?
Any story about that one also?
Maybe…
I'm 58 and I've never heard of them. But I'm not a Deere fan either.
Now you have. (I hadn’t either)
Sounds like a fantastic wheat harvest journey in Montana!🌾🚜 We've sent you an email, we would love to connect and collaborate with you.
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Is that a 06 or 56 series tractor at the end of the video?
Demstraitors were 56’s and had the gold hoods
That was a great video I also have a couple wagners . What was the gentleman's name and where are they located I assume Montana
near Highwood, Montana
What was the tractor sitting next to it in the barn
Nevermind i dodmt wait long enough
It was a Wagner 17.
that would pull grain cart
No PTO and would need a different hydraulic system for a hydraulic drive
You all need to Move that yellow Combin Out of the way. Yellow It's a bad color it just don't cut it
We no longer have our New Holland combine because we are no longer doing custom harvesting. We never had any major issues with our NH combines.
There is another classic you just showed a shot of, that gold demo IH. A 1256?
Yeah, we need a longer look at that one. 1970 is when they started doing those so maybe a 1456 or later. I cant tell anymore the big old tractors seem so little now. The Wagner was big for only 225/280 hp.
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Wasn't that tractor born in Weastern Australia by father and son when they were building a 4wd in there farm shed and couldn't get had to work and John Deere in WA sorted it and that's how it came about
No. Wagner was based in Portland Oregon. They also produced 4WD log skidders and the "Mixermobiles".
I read a Wright up in a RM Williams magazine about berth of the 4wd tractor
@@IanBrasher-uq4te I've seen pictures/videos of some interesting farmer built tractors from Australia also.
HI gang
JD screwed wanger over
i wouldnt sell that tractor either
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